Bill Donahue is an associate professor at Trinity International University and a popular conference speaker. The author of more than a dozen books with sales over 550,000 copies, he is former director of leadership development and group life for the Willow Creek Community Church and Association. He lives in Illinois.
This is a really good resource for coaching, and I am using it to construct the coaching model at my church this Fall. I'll want this in the hands of all those volunteers, and intend to use it as a guide for training them.
There was a lot of content at the end that doesn't pertain to coaches specifically, such as the importance of personal spiritual disciplines and examples of them. The need has already been stated in the book, and this belongs in another book altogether. But that's my one criticism, is that there is more content than needed. The rest is balanced, biblically centered, and helpful.